Nail Care Tips

Your nails reflect your health, with cracked, chapped nails indicating nutritional deficiencies. If you wish to have long, healthy strong nails, eating foods rich in vitamins and minerals is necessary. Nails can be done up pretty with a French manicure or with some amazing nail art making a fashion statement and to flaunt them with pride. A regular manicure and pedicure help nails stay in good shape and size, drinking enough water and applying nail creams before going to bed all contribute to keeping nails fit and fine.

French Manicure

French manicure is a classy and tasteful nail art, goes well for a corporate look, and also for parties and social do’s. Its how the nail tips are first painted a coat of white and then the entire nail is polished with a light pink coat sealing in the white tip, only after the nails are shaped and filed from the edges to the center. French manicure gives the nails an extremely sophisticated yet stylish look.

Stylish Nails

Nail art offering different interesting patterns and designs on nails has become every woman’s fancy off late. Women are no more content with just painting their nails to match their outfits. Depending on the theme and occasion, getting their nails done stylishly is the rage. Painting the nail with flag colors, zebra or leopard prints, sticking up crystals, metallic glints or adding shimmer is a fashion statement in itself.

Long Nails

Long nails needs to be looked after well and require good maintenance. Nails usually grow in the summer months than in the winters, another fact that we are not quite aware of is ,the nails of the hand that is most used grow faster than the hand that is less used , if you are a lefty , nails on this hand will grow faster , also your finger nails grow faster than your toe nails. Rubbing the nails with some almond or olive oil strengthens them and helps them grow long and beautiful.

Healthy Nails

How your nails look talk about your general health and fitness. Healthy nails look a light shade of pink with absolutely no white spots, having an even smooth color, with no splitting and cracks. Spots are an indication of vitamin and mineral deficiencies , eating healthy with essential nutrients in the food , drinking enough water every day , getting regular manicure and pedicure done , being rid of nail fungus keeps nail healthy and strong.

Brittle Nails

When nails chip, split snap easily and crack at their tips due to dryness and being weak, nails are said to be brittle. Most women yearn for long beautiful nails but due to insufficient nutrients in the body, nails get brittle and break easily. Frequent washing of the hands, using harsh detergents, substandard nail polishes and removers, frequent filing and shaping make nails brittle and fragile. Wearing gloves during household chores, applying hand moisturizers and nail creams, choosing quality nail products will help keep nail healthy and strong.